Garment-pressing machine.



G froDD. GARMBNT PRESSNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION ILED SEPT.21,1911.

Patented Sept. 1T, 1912.

A /NVENTOR CHARLES Toon By mfr TAK Mr/vsssss CHARLS TQDD, DE ST. LOUIS, MISSGURI.

GARMENT-PRESSNG IMACHINE.'

Specicaen of Letters Patent.

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pplictiev. led September 21. 19H. Serial Ne. 5551356A in "enieil :i certain new anni nsefnl improvenient in, Ginnien-lrimsing hinehineb, ofV

which the lollmvnr is n sspeeihi'zitlom ref-- fin-nient `iinn'hine embodying my invenioh is :a iop phin View oi' my new prt., hell. the4 i-loiii or other .fzzlnie eoveringg thereof lening pnrily torn away;

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This iii-minion vermin new :intl nfel'nl impr rement. in pressing-mn rhines inniienhirii nthiptetl for prexing garments, luth-in.; :mit the lille.I ille ohio-ts o' my izrenion heiig' to proxiile :i in` :linie for sie-lining :unl pi ng clothing :imi the like. which is comparatively imple ini strnetion, which enpnli'le oi' oiserntioh t Small 05st und with low pres'b'nre steam, Limi 'whiclris eliieient in opemiion :1nd fxzpnlile ol'l thoroughlyv steaming :uni press i eloihing and the like wilhon shining, glossingij, or steunt-marking the anni@ on the'nnter or eriice side. thereof, and in which no means e iongiinli .n Seelionnl View or source of lie-ui, other thun the steinn ,np Y plied to the machine, is required to stnierheat the steam or heut the pressing sur-'faces :imi to improve generzilly upon machines of..

the liintl stated,

With these oijeeis in View, my invention residen in the provision in :i machine 'of the hind Started of n pressing-heil hzivingpan upper seann (Ehnin'oei nornnzlly in open com nniniezition with a source ofy Steam Supply un' iriins'tanily sieznn heated' for pressing loses, a lower sturm einnnbor sepav ie ironi, and quon-cominnnientihg with,".-5:1id upper` clainber, hetl comn'nin'icating; Y also. with i: .source of Steam, Supply, und a plu- "aliiy of steun: Afliselieirpj: ducts or ontleti,A lemling from saith lower elifiinhei' up throinh sind upper chamber to tlnit outer upper or pressing surface of the Lied', the eterni; .mitietl intolsuifl lower` lchamber Spreu linger expanding; ind ili'n'sing its t therein :nhl pine-.ingr therefrom lthrough in unile@ zlirevil'v np. into. :ind through. nml *hereby YSteznnino', the clothing being option-xl upon und, while passing through said outletsT being to 'n certain: extent dried und reheatetl or snperheated,-ns it might he sind, hy' the seinn'in 'said Aupper elnnnher: in 'the provision in a machine of the kind vstated of :i pinhleil pressing-head arranged above the pressinghed `and adapted to be maintained nl proper pressing temprature by heat radiated from `the pressing-bed and to cooperate with the. pressingbed and to pren` thepeiothing being operated upon without shiningor glossingvthe sznne; and in the noiel constrintion, arrangement; und conihinntion of 'the several vparts of my` new pre 'ng-nmehine, all :15 .will hereinafter be tleserihetl mail afterward pointed ont in the claims. l 1

ln the drawings, wherein vlike reference nninrrnikv refer lo like parts throughout the Several i ie'ns, i imlientes :1 snitnhletahle or frame ffomikirisingf u preferably 'wooden top L nml sniinhle, preferably metallic, .-np poi-iing-le; f l b- I Pivntally mounted. :5:1 ut 4,0m table. Lis wlmi mi(x s he culled :i goose-neel( lever 5, whirl: i5 pivotrilly eonneeted hy means of n linlc or roti (l to, :intl :nlnptetl to he oper- :Lied by means of, u lever 7 also pivotuliy monnwi. :ix v:it i3.l on said (nl-)le 0r frame l. 'l`hese paris are of any ordinary or apnrovt'd construction, lever 5 being prefersesiiientlyA nehl or maintained in upper or inoperative position. or, in other words,

in the pofjtion thereof eshown in ifi". l, by

mean;4 olA :i @oiled spring or thel like' 9 Con- 'neeteil thereto und to'tnhle orframe. l suh-A vItnntinliv in; shown. lixlap'tetl on, :intl Cnrrieil nt. its :inter emi hy, sind rever: 5., .15 my having prefernlily the shape of nn ironing)- iionrgi :intl provided on its nmler Side wil-h n preferably comparatively thieli feltpaul or. other suitable preferably Soft. or :sand padding il, this head1() being adapted, when said lever :fi is operated (lmvnwnrdly hy means ofnitl lever 7, to be4 brought -tl-oxvn iiith snfiicient pressing pressure upon,

disposed therein int-o two distinct, separate,

and non-communicating steam chambersan upper chamber 15 and a lower chamber 16. Upper steam chamber l5 is substantially a closed chamber and is adapted to retain or hold, and be constantly heated by, the steam entering the same; and leading from said lower chamber 16, and extending up through said upper chamber 15 to the outer upper or pressing surface of bed 12 is a plurality of short tubular steam outlets or ducts 17 arranged preferably atshort distances apart, as shown particularly in Fig. 2, so that, when the machine is in service or operation, steam will issue from a large number of outlets disposed at various points throughout the area of the outer upper or pressing surface of bed 12, To more thoroughly diffuser the steam emitted or discharged from said out-lets or ducts 17, the upper and outer portion of pressing-bed 12 is preferably covered, 'as shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 3, with a suitable `fabric covering 18. As my new pressing-bed 12 is preferably made of some suitable metallic material, such as brass, which will not easily corrode orrust, I preferably provide on the under side thereof a relatively heavy metallic plate 19, as shown particularly in Fig; 3, adapted to rest directly upon said support or standard 13.

20 indicates a suitable steamseparator or trap commpnicating by means of a pipe 21 with a suitable source of steam supply; and communicating with said steam separator or trap 20 and leading directly therefrom into said upper chamber 15 is a'normally open steam supply-pipe 22, through which said upper chamber 15 is adapted, while the machine is bein used or normally, as it might be said, to lie always filled with steam whereby the upper or pressing surface oi my new pressing-bed is, as it might further be said, constantly steam heated and maintained at proper pressing temperature, and il will be seen Ithat the pressing-head 10, being arranged above, and being adapted to be brought down during the operation of the machine upon, said pressing-bed 12, will also be constantly maintained 1n a hot condition suitable for clothing pressing operations by heat radiated from the pressingbed. As will be obvious,-the water of con-l densation from the steam in chamber 15 may drain hack into said separator or trap 20 through said pipe 22, or the same may lind exit from said chamber 15 through a suitable air-vent 23 leading therefrom to any suitable place of discharge. Preferably sultably connected to, and communicating With, said steam supply-pipe 22 is a preferably horizontally-disposed short pipe 24 provided, as shown, with a suitable valve 25; and suitably connected to, and communieating with, said pipe 2sty is a steam supply- 1,oes,ese

pipe 26 leading into said lower chamber 1G, as shown particularly in Fig. 3. This valve normally cuts oit communication between. said lower chamber-1G and the source of steam supply and is adapted to be operated or opened to permitthe passage of steam from pipe 22 into pipe 26 whenever desired preferably by means of a flexible connection 27 connected thereto and leading therefrom under said table top 2 to the front of said rame 1, as shown particularly in Fig. l, in proper position to be readily grasped by the operator of the machine. When the man chine is in use or operation, said upper chamber 15 is adapted, as hereinbefore stated, to be always filled with'st/eam and thereby constantly maintained at proper pressing temperature; and the clot-hing to be operatedupon will, as is usual y,be placed upon the pressing-bed 12 with its service side, as distinguished fromlits inner side, presented outwardly. Now whenever said valve 25 is opened, live steam will be letinto said lower chamber 16, where it spreads out or expands and diiuses its heat and then passes from said chamber upwardly through said outlets or ducts 17 directly into and through the clothing, thoroughly steaming the clothing and thus making or rendering easy the pressing thereof, and such steam being, while passing through said outlets, to a certain extent dried and reheated or super-heated, .as it mightbe said, by the heat of the steam in said upper chamber 15, after which the padded pressing-head 10 is brought down, as is usual, with sufficient pressing pressure upon the clothing and the same thereby quickly, thoroughly, and neatly pressed. In my machne, the pressing-bed 12 and also the pressing-head1() being always at proper pressing temperature, it will be seen that clothing presslng operations may be quickly and thoroughly hach i." will also be seen that in my mac iine I am tumbled to use low pressure Vsteam for steaming the clothing, and not only is the steam permitted to follow its natural tendency to rise, but is also, to a cert-ain extent, dried or superheated while passing through the pressingbed; and that further, such steam being directedagainst the inner surface of the cloth 'ing being operated upon and the pressinghead being padded and soft, there is not oniy no danger or liability of the clothing becoming steam-marked on its service or outer side, but also no danger or liability of the clothing becoming shiny or glossed when the pressing-head 10 1s brought down thereupon to press the same. It will also be noted that, the pressing-head being comparatively light i-n weight., only a small outlay of power is needed to bring the saine down with sutilcient pressure or force to properly press he clothing being operated upon, and that my stated.

new machine is in everyway fully capable of carrying out the objects hereinbefore I Vam aware that minor changes in the construction, arrangement and combination of the several parts of m `new pressingmachine may be made an substituted for those herein shown and described without in the least depart-ing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Havin thus described my invention, what I c aim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a garment pressing machine, the combination' with a frame, of a preinghead pivotall mounted thereq'n, and a ressin -bed tixe ly mounted upon said rame below and in operative osition relatively to .said pressing-head and) having superimposed upper and lower non-communicating steam-chambers provided with separate 'steam .inlet-Openings and a plurality of steam discharge-ducts leading from said lower chamber upwardly through said up per chamber to the top surface ot the pressing-bed; substantially as described.

2. In a garmentpressing machine, the combination with a frame, of a pressinghead pivotally mounted thereon, a source of steam supply, and a pressing-bed fixedly mounted upon said frame below and in operative position relatively to said pressinghead and having a substantially closed upper steam chamber normally in open connection with said source o steam supply and adapted to be always filled with stclau'i and thereby constantly steam heated, a separate lower steam chamber normally in closed communication with said source of steam supply, and a plurality of steam discharge ducts leading upwardly from said lower' chamb'er through said upper chamber to and opening upon. vthe outer upper surface of the pressing-bed; substantially as described.

3. In a garment pressing machine, the combination with a frame, of a pressinghead pivotally mounted thereon, a source of steam supply, a pressing-bed fixedlyl mounted upon said frame below and in oper- :dive position relatively to said pressinghead and havin a substantially closed upper steam ehamier normally in open communication with said source of steam supply and adapted to be always filled with steam and thereby constantl steam heated, a separate lower steam chamber normally in closed communication with said source of steam sup ly, a plurality of steam discharge ducts lea ing upwardly from said lower chamber through said upper chamber to and opening upon the outer upper surface of the pressing-bed, and means adapted to open communication between said lower chamber and said source of steam supply and therebyy permit the passage of steam from said source of steam suppl Y into said lower chamber and therefrom through said steam discharge ducts to the upper outer pressing surface of the pressing-bed; substantially as described.

4. In u garment pressing machine; a fixed hollow pressing-bed provided interiorly with a horizontally-disposed partition dividing said bed into separate, independent` upper and lower steam chambers, and a )lurality of steam discharge ducts leading rom the lower chamber through the upper chamber tc the top of the bed; substantially described.

5. A fixed pressing bed for garment press` ing machines comprising a substantially closed upper steam chamber provided with a steam inlet opening, a separate lower steam chamber provided with a separate steam inlet opening, and a plurality of steam discharge ducts leading from said lower chamber upwardly through said upper chamber to und opening upon the outer upper surface of said bed; substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my nume to this specification, in the presence 0f two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES TODD. lVitncsses.

Ru'rn PETERSON, Gauner: C. ElormAUM. 

